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Total Annual Burden: 473,440 hours. 

Total Annual Cost: No cost. 

Privacy Act Impact Assessment: No 

impact(s). 

Nature and Extent of Confidentiality: 

The Commission is not requesting that 

the respondents submit confidential 

information to the FCC. Respondents 

may, however, request confidential 

treatment for information they believe to 

be confidential under 47 CFR 0.459 of 

the Commission’s rules. 

Needs and Uses: Section 251 of the 

Communications Act of 1934, as 

amended, 47 U.S.C. 251, is designed to 

accelerate private sector development 

and deployment of telecommunications 

technologies and services by spurring 

competition. Section 222(e) is also 

designed to spur competition by 

prescribing requirements for the sharing 

of subscriber list information. These 

information collection requirements are 

designed to help implement certain 

provisions of sections 222(e) and 251, 

and to eliminate operational barriers to 

competition in the telecommunications 

services market. Specifically, these 

information collection requirements 

will be used to implement (1) local 

exchange carriers’ (‘‘LECs’’) obligations 

to provide their competitors with 

dialing parity and non-discriminatory 

access to certain services and 

functionalities; (2) incumbent local 

exchange carriers’ (‘‘ILECs’’) duty to 

make network information disclosures; 

and (3) numbering administration. In 

November 2017, the Commission 

adopted new rules concerning certain 

information collection requirements 

implemented under section 251(c)(5) of 

the Act, pertaining to network change 

disclosures. Most of the changes to 

those rules applied specifically to a 

certain subset of network change 

disclosures, namely notices of planned 

copper retirements. In addition, the 

changes removed a rule that prohibits 

incumbent LECs from engaging in useful 

advanced coordination with entities 

affected by network changes. In June 

2018, the Commission revised its 

network change disclosure rules to (1) 

revise the types of network changes that 

trigger an incumbent LEC’s public 

notice obligation, and (2) extend the 

force majeure provisions applicable to 

copper retirements to all types of 

network changes. The changes were 

aimed at removing unnecessary 

regulatory barriers to the deployment of 

high-speed broadband networks. 

Federal Communications Commission. 

Marlene Dortch, 

Secretary, Office of the Secretary. 

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FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS 

COMMISSION 

[OMB 3060–0806; FR ID 38752] 

Information Collection Being Reviewed 

by the Federal Communications 

Commission 

AGENCY: Federal Communications 

Commission. 

ACTION: Notice and request for 

comments. 

SUMMARY: As part of its continuing effort 

to reduce paperwork burdens, and as 

required by the Paperwork Reduction 

Act of 1995 (PRA), the Federal 

Communications Commission (FCC or 

Commission) invites the general public 

and other Federal agencies to take this 

opportunity to comment on the 

following information collections. 

Comments are requested concerning: 

Whether the proposed collection of 

information is necessary for the proper 

performance of the functions of the 

Commission, including whether the 

information shall have practical utility; 

the accuracy of the Commission’s 

burden estimate; ways to enhance the 

quality, utility, and clarity of the 

information collected; ways to minimize 

the burden of the collection of 

information on the respondents, 

including the use of automated 

collection techniques or other forms of 

information technology; and ways to 

further reduce the information 

collection burden on small business 

concerns with fewer than 25 employees. 

The FCC may not conduct or sponsor 

a collection of information unless it 

displays a currently valid Office of 

Management and Budget (OMB) control 

number. No person shall be subject to 

any penalty for failing to comply with 

a collection of information subject to the 

PRA that does not display a valid OMB 

control number. 

DATES: Written PRA comments should 

be submitted on or before September 20, 

2021. If you anticipate that you will be 

submitting comments, but find it 

difficult to do so within the period of 

time allowed by this notice, you should 

advise the contact listed below as soon 

as possible. 

ADDRESSES: Direct all PRA comments to 

Nicole Ongele, FCC, via email PRA@

fcc.gov and to Nicole.Ongele@fcc.gov. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For 

additional information about the 

information collection, contact Nicole 

Ongele, (202) 418–2991. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

OMB Control Number: 3060–0806. 

Title: Universal Service-Schools and 

Libraries Universal Service Program, 

FCC Forms 470 and 471. 

Form Number: FCC Forms 470 and 

471. 

Type of Review: Extension of a 

currently approved collection. 

Respondents: State, local or tribal 

government institutions, and other notfor-profit institutions. 

Number of Respondents and 

Responses: 43,000 respondents; 67,100 

responses. 

Estimated Time per Response: 3.5 

hours for FCC Form 470 (3 hours for 

response; 0.5 hours for recordkeeping; 

4.5 hours for FCC Form 471 (4 hours for 

response; 0.5 hours for recordkeeping). 

Frequency of Response: On occasion 

and annual reporting requirements, and 

recordkeeping requirement. 

Obligation to Respond: Required to 

obtain or retain benefits. Statutory 

authority for this information collection 

is contained in sections 1, 4(i), 4(j), 201– 

205, 214, 254, and 403 of the 

Communications Act of 1934, as 

amended, 47 U.S.C. 151–154, 201–205, 

218–220, 254, 303(r), 403 and 405. 

Total Annual Burden: 273,950 hours. 

Total Annual Cost: No Cost. 

Privacy Act Impact Assessment: No 

impact(s). 

Nature and Extent of Confidentiality: 

There is no assurance of confidentiality 

provided to respondents concerning this 

information collection. However, 

respondents may request materials or 

information submitted to the 

Commission or to the Administrator be 

withheld from public inspection under 

47 CFR 0.459 of the FCC’s rules. 

Needs and Uses: The Commission 

seeks approval to extend the existing 

collection 3060–0806 (FCC Forms 470 

and 471). Collection of the information 

on FCC Forms 470 and 471 is necessary 

so that the Commission and USAC have 

sufficient information to determine if 

entities are eligible for funding pursuant 

to the schools and libraries support 

mechanism, to determine if entities are 

complying with the Commission’s rules, 

and to prevent waste, fraud, and abuse. 

In addition, the information is necessary 

for the Commission to evaluate the 

extent to which the E-rate program is 

meeting the statutory objectives 

specified in section 254(h) of the 1996 

Act, and the Commission’s performance 

goals established in the E-rate 

Modernization Order and Second E-rate 

Modernization Order. 

Federal Communications Commission. 

Marlene Dortch, 

Secretary, Office of the Secretary. 

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